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Home My WebLink About1996-04-23 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session 04/18/96 ' • Avo 71~ P a-~ TOV1/N OF VAIL COUNCIL CONTINGENCY Accoun4 # 01-0100-52857 1996 Total Contingency Funds Originai Budget Amount $50,000 Uses: TOV-VA Growth Agreemen4 - Total Approved $20,000 Youth Recognition Award $5,000 Chad Fleischer sponsorship $5,000 Legal fees - railroad abandonment ' $4,000 Total Amount Used 34,000 Total Amount Left $16,000 Subtotal **°*TOV-VA Growth Agreement - Total Approved $20,000 Holiday Peak Education approved 11/21/95 $3,500 Survey - Non-skiers with VA $5,000 RRC fees $5,900 PD $2,600 2/15/96 $14,400 TOV-VA Grovdth Agreement - remaining $5,600 ***Youth Recognition Award - Total Approved $5,000 Airfare $2,194 PD 4/4/96 St. fVioritz Exchange Program $1,200 iViayor's Cup Youth Award -$500/ea for 2 parficipants $1,000 $4, 394 You4h Recognition Award - remaining $606 COUCON96.VVK3 dd e4 ~'O~1 O]F ~A~L 75 South Frontage Road Department of Comrnunity Development Vail, Colorado 81657 970-479-21381479-2139 MEMORANDjJM FAX 970-479-2452 TO: Vail Town Council FROM: Paul Reeves, Environmental Health Of icer DATE: January 30, 1996 RE: Solid Waste Management This memo is a brief follow up to some questions that were raised at the January 9, 1996 session that Council had with Community Development. There were some questions regarding solid waste management issues that have arisen around town. Reference was made to the 1Vlatterhorn area. There were several unresolved issues in this area, and were to be heard in front of the 1Vlunicipal Court on January 11, 1996. This issue began with several citations being issued to a local property owner for the improper management of solid waste. The issue of waste management in this area had been an ongoing issue. In response to citizen input, the Town funded a clean up day for Geneva Drive. The Council allotted $500.00 for the waste container, and waste disposal. While the effort was utilized, the properties involved in the initial citations remained in violation. After repeated attempts to obtain compliance, the Town crews physically had to clean up the property. The owner of the properties was billed for the machine and staff costs in addition to the waste disposal. The bill for all of the above was approximately $1800.00. The Court heard the case and ruled in favor of the Town's billing. The resident was then required to pay $1,500.00 toward the billing, and $100.00 for each of the initial citatious. This ruling sets a very favorable tone to the Courts attitude regarding solid waste management in the Town of Vail. The ruling was a precedent setting decision, and will allow for more efficient code enforcement in the future in regard to these types of issues. This memo is to add further clarification to a memo sent to Council on January 30, 1996. The previous memo was identical in content other than to identify the property owners as 1VIs. Sanders. Z?~~ RECYCLEDPAPER F7 04/16/1996 13:00 19704762789 HONEYWAGON/DONOVAN PAGE 01 Apri1 16, 1996 ~ $kw Council, Jud a qtaic8s nqte. , I btlievc the T'own of 'Vazl Clean Up has gtown like Topsy and needs a rcevaluatian. IIwotdd tdke 4o sm tcverages and pcr}ags donuts sprvai in the moaning ancf 4rinks mi4bmoruiug if it is hot. Forgee thc lunc,h and uw those xesouras for aeaother eveat ic is taking too mucla tJOa~ Wause and 8own resources to contitiue as is. . gwoulQ W to stt am cmphasis puc on Vaf,l toidtatts ar business owneas working so that rt is a commennity affair ,nstmd og s s.ounty fimd raisar. Pahaps ,give a oouple waelcs fox `°Va1I" to sign up bcfm opftiag at up far ft coemty.. Itis appaowb woWd atso aacauragc pooplc to stay in their Emn cammanides £mrc their clean up 4ays inscead od' ooming to Vail ta daake ffioney and get a free 2omch. lI would lavc to discuss this fm*cr so plow caII at ydur Camvenic$oC qr I vsilI bo glud to work with a staflf peaso~. 3inc.~re II~a~,~ Ik~ovan 1414 14oaoi,estakS Cijmlc 476-3518 . FA% 476-2799 ~ . ~ ~ ~ I ~ i . The following was attached to received 1996 Community Survey #105. , . , f> . . ~ s~- y4 J?` ? 1 ~ I~-- ~ 61~S V _ • ~ /~i ~~i J ~ 46 ~ _ ~ cl Continued on back ch~ r rkjzz ~ • _ 1-4 ~ ~ Ott . 1 ~ ~ ~ a 0 ee e4 TOWV OF VAIL 75 South Frontage Road Yail, Colorado 81657 970-479-21 DO FAX 970-479-2157 MED9A ADV(SOFiY Apri! 17, 1996 Contact: Suzanne Silverthorn, 479-2115 Community Information Office VABIL TOWN COUIVCIL HIGHLIG6iTS FOR APRIL 16 There was no work session. Evenong Session Brue$s Council members present: Armour, Foley, Ford, Jewett, Kurz, IVavas --Citizen Participation Longtime Niatterhorn resident Kirsh Sanders appeared before the Council to ask the town to reconsider fines levied against her in municipal court for various code violations. Sanders has been billed $1,800 and has received multiple summonses for " garbage and refuse violations on rental property she owns in the Matterhorn area. Kirsh said the town's action was unfair due to her efforts to organize a neighborhood- wide cleanup in the Niatterhorn area. As a landlord, she said she provides 52 bedrooms for locals which rent for under $400 per bedroom. Some tenants, she said, have rented from her for over 10 years. Mayor Bob Armour thanked her for her input. iVext, Councilman Niichael Jewett stepped up to the podium and introduced- himself as the administrator for the Common Sense for the Commons Committee and thanked attorney Carol Curtis for her work in representing the committee in its early stages. ' Then Jewett announced attorney Hugh Vllarder had been retained to move forward with a lawsuit against the town challenging the Vail Commons development. Jewett said Warder was a former district court judge in Eagle County and also led the suit against the town when West Vail de-annexed. Jewett said his group was more determined than ever to block the development. He said the committee objected to the commercial component of the project saying the town shouldn't be in the retail leasing business. Jewett said another announcement would be forthcoming within 7 to 10 days regarding district court proceedings. Citizen participation continued when four individuals addressed the Council and asked Niichael Jewett to reconsider his position or resign from the Council. First, Peter Vavre, an employee of Vail Cascade Hotel & Club, said he was among those who had to move down valley because of the housing problems in Vail. He said he couldn't believe someone sworn to serve on the Council and who should be committed to the community would put the town in the position of defending a lawsuit. Vavre asked ~ R~more) CYCLEDPAPER J Council Highlights/Add 1 Jewett to wear one set of shoes or the other. Next, Hermann Staufer approached the Council and suggested that citizens and fellow Council members ask Jewett to step aside. Staufer said he did not agree that Jewett is - representing the community and asked Jewett how he could be effective when he is spending taxpayer money to sue the town. He then referenced the $2 million penalty for backing out of the City Market agreement and asked Jewett if he was willing to - burden everyone to serve his own purpose. Staufer then suggested Jewett was the not representing the citizens the best way he can and recommended that Jewett reconsider or resign from the Town Council. Former Mayor Kent Rose was next to address the Council. He said it was time for someone to come forward and speak out against Jewett's actions. Rose told Jewett he didn't support him in the election because he was,a single issue candidate who had a conflict of interest. With at least 360 people interested in applying for the Vail Commons housing, Rose suggested the community doesn't support what Jewett is doing. Rose asked Jewett to step down from the Council if he is going to continue his efforts against the town. The fourth speaker, Dalton Williams, a former member of the Planning and Environmental Commission, spoke of the importance of housing in Vail and the time- consuming process that has gone into the effort over the last several years. He said he can't understand how a small group of people and especially a Town Council member could put the community at risk for a self-serving interest. "You took an oath," Williams said of Jewett. "How can you sit in that chair? I think what you're doing is wrong. You do not have an issue. The lawyer you have acquired cost this town millions of dollars during the de-annexation, only to have it re-annexed back into the town. How can you rationalize spending and wasting that kind of money and how can you live in this town?," Williams asked. On a lighter note, Mary Lou Armour wished her husband, Mayor Bob Armour, a happy birthday and presented him with a cupcake. --Consent Agenda The Council voted 6-0 to approve two ordinances on consent agenda: an update of the uniform plumbing code and national electric code; and the rezoning of Vail Associates property in Lionshead to allow for placement of a tower to support a new gondola on the parcel. . --Town Manager's Report Sybill Navas announced the Vail Valley Exchange has selected a candidate (whose name will be announced at a later date).to participate in the St. Moritz exchange program. Assistant Town Manager Pam Brandmeyer requested the Council approve a $1,200 expenditure from council cont:ingency funds to assist with expenses associated with the exchange. A motion to approve the expenditure was approved on a 6-0 vote. (more) ~ 0 S Council Highlights/Add 2 Additionally, the Council authorized a$500 each expenditure to help the two recipients of the Mayor's Cup youth avuard who are travefing to Australia this summer. Brandmeyer reminded the Council that any actions of the Design Review Board or Planning and Environmental Commission should be called up within 10 days. # # # UPCOM@NG DlSCUSS~ON TOP@CS April 23 Work .Session Meeting is Canceled April 30 Work Session No Nieeting (5th Tuesday) ~ May 7 Work Session Todd Scholl 15 Year Anniversary DRB Review _ Discussion Ordinance IVo. 7, Zoning iV1IVCCOG Update by Sandy Blaha Vail Commons Lottery Update Discussion of Housing Authority Role May 7 Evening Meeting First Reading, Ordinance 7 Second Reading, Ordinance 8(Cornice Building) RECEIVED APR 1 6 1991 ~ United States Forest White River Holy Cross Ranger District Department of Service National P.O. Box 190 Agriculture Forest Minturn, Colorado 81645 303-827-5715 Reply to: 2720 Date: April 10, 1996 Bob Amour Mayor, Town of Vail 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 0 Dear Bob: The Town of Minturn in conjuncticn with the•United States Forest Service is asking for comments on a proposal to construct 1.3 miles of a north-south trail south of I-70. The majority of the trail is located on National Forest System and Southern Pacific Railroad'lands. A map of the proposed project is enclosed for your review. . The purpose of this trail system would be to provide a multi-use trail system that would provide a high quality trail experience and reduce pressure on Highway 24. This would be the first phase of trail construction along the Eagle River that would eventually extend along the length of the river through Minturn. This trail would allow access to, and connection between, other trail heads such as Vail Pass Bike Path and Two Elk Trail. In addition, design features would include fishing and water sports access. The Town of Minturn and the U.S. Forest Service are asking for public input on this trail system. Please send all comments in writing to Aaron Ortega, U.S. Forest Service, PO Box 190, Minturn, CO 81645 by May 15, 1996. For additional information please contact Chris Gathman (Town of Minturn) at (970)827-5645 or Aaron Ortega art (970)827-5715. Sincerely, WILLIAM A. WOOD District Ranger Enclosure: Map of Proposed Eagle River Trail ~ - r = \omom~ =cMCR ["M- COLORADO MOTOR CARRIERS ASSOCIATION AN AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICA-fV TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, INC. 4060 ELATI STREET - DENVER, COLORADO 80216 - 303/433-3375 - FAX 303/477-6977 k.Q : ~ Y~ April 12, 1996 I)ear Mayor: Over the next several weeks or months you may be contacted by a group known as "Coloradans for Safe Roads". This organization is affiliated with a national group called Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH). Both of the above-stated groups purport Yo be concerned about highway safety. In reality, these groups, that are exclusively anti-truck, began approximately five years ago to impact a federal highway bill-- the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). ISTEA is extremely important because it determines how billions of transportation dollars are spent throughout the country. In order to impact the 1991 ISTEA measure, organizations like CRASH were established to create a political climate against trucks. Who funds groups like Coloradans for Safe Roads a.nd CRASH? Primarily the railroads and their suppliers. Why ? Nloney. Billions of dollars are at stake. It is for this reason that CRASH and its affiliates are organizing this carefully crafted, well-funded, "grassroots" effort so as to influence you and in turn Congress so as to gain economic advantage. a Their approach in other a.reas of our state as well as in other areas of the country has been to seek your support for a resolution to either Congress, the State legislature, or Transportation Secretary Fedrico Pena relating to truck safety. In particular the resolution generally asks that Congress or the State Legislature not proceed with legislation which would increase truck sizes and weights. In their conespondence and in their conversations they reference pending legislation in Congress or in the State legislature which will substantially increase truck sizes or weights. In addition they raise concerns and fears as to overweight and unsafe Mexican and Canadian trucks flowing over our borders due to NAFTA. Please be aware that no legislation is pending at either the Federal or State ledel relating to truck size and weight. Further, both Mexican and Canadian trucks are subject to the same weight and safety requirements as American trucks, a requirement that cannot be ovenidden by IVAFTA. You should also be aware that any changes in the past regarding truck size and weight were thoroughly studied for the impact of such changes on safety and traffic operations by the federal government prior to even consideration of such changes. Recently, "Coloradans for Safe Highways" sought to pass a resolution, as discussed above, in Denver. Because of questions raised by various_rnembers of the Public Works Committee of the I)enver City Council as to the nature of the resolution, this resolution was not even passed on to the full council for consideration. 1Vluch of the information distributed by "Coloradans for Safe Highways" and its parent organization, ~ ~ CR.ASH, is inaccurate or taken out of context to support their positions. This distortion of the facts led to a censure of CRASH in the past year by the Federal Highway Administration's Motor Canier Advisory Committee. We have enclosed this resolution for your infoimation. - Please be aware that the trucking industry and our association is very concerned with safety on our highways. We recognize that there is a safety problem on our roads and highways, but we also wish to note that trucks are only a small part of it. Last year, while more than 40,000 people died in traffic accidents nationwide. 87% of these ffatalities did not involve a truck. Of the remaining 13% that did involve a truck, 71 % were caused by the car driver. In Colorado, even fewer fatalities were caused by truck accidents. 89% of all highway fatalities in our state did not involve trucks and 95% did not involve large trucks such as tractor-trailers. As to truck safety, truck accident rates have dramatically fallen over the past ten years. Nationally, over that period of time, the number of miles traveled by trucks has increased by over 37% while the fatal accident rate has declined by 34%. Over the past ten years fatal accidents in Colorado involving trucks fell by 29%. To a lazge extent, this improved safety record is directly amibuta.ble to the trucking industry's promotion of sa.fety including better driver training, increased safety roadside inspections, sitpport for a ban on radar detectors in trucks, random drug and alcohol testing for all truck drivers, and many other measures. Prior to considering any resolution regarding truck safety by the "Coloradans for Safe Highways" or other groups who may be acting on their behalf, we encourage you to get the facts and ask the experts. We recommend that you contact various parties who are responsible for truck safety in our state including the Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Department of Transportation, and Federal Highway Administration. In addition, I ask that you provide us.an opportunity to speak to the issue. We always welcome the opportunity to share our information and experience on truck safL-ty with local govemments. We firmly believe that once you have the facts and have heard from the experfs that you will realize that Coloradans for Safe Highways and its resolutions do not merit your , support. Finally, I wish you to consider why a group such as °`Coloradans for Safe Highways" focuses virtually all of its time and resources on one small part of the highwa.y safety problem. What efforts , or initiatives have they taken to address the probtems that ca.use the 95% of the fatalities in our state not caused by large trucks? in discussions with other groups in the safety community, they appear unaware of this group. Nor does it appear that this group has developed any information, strategies, or supportive data to address more critical f?roblems such as drunk driving, seat belt use, grade crossing safety and many other problems. Please contact me at (303)433-3375, if you have any questions on the enclosed material or if I can be of sistance to yo~ r Si cerel e ory . Fulton Pre ~de t T f . 1 ' ' . . . ' . . ~ Reprirtt of ad tl;ar appcR;-cd in t • 4 • ' 1~ t CA I -R. 0- A. A CELEBRATINC OUR 40TH YE.4R •A.S-:'CNE` ,IER'SPAPER OF CAPITOL H1LL VOL 61.1+0. 21 TELT.57/.x SFFi:1. 1953 13.00 T11e Tiea,~t tirfze joc~si Claj,lrj,•ook R1ir~ Citi~esis fof• .R.eliuble t,7id SRfe lYiBhways (CRASH) . tiy to teu yoi-,, abozst hidlrtvay safn); ~'asst yead ` tiiis yesalution adopted by the U.S. Fedes al Higlrrvay AdministYatima's offiuicsl advism•y co~nrnittee. SO tiolu,ril 0 - - ~r~•~, , ' a goup clling'rxlf"Cid:= for RcLabk dnd Safc H'ighaays" (CR45H) 6is bcrun a l;ncr s;ir'sg campalgn co the U.S. Ikparancat of Traasporraaoa ' (LSDOl) coocrrning chc No,-rh Amaicaa Fru Tradc Agmcmcnt (KAFIA); aad Myei'f.aSj the CR4SH =;)airn rr5cs on nnvnc stnncnts sach as: "Mocs;trTrada aich tb;u tikrs = r«•vrra acrass thc Maicaa_bo:das mto the US,A a$ca the avdi ss6,:: ttk ~-•ilus :.-c not csca aDoF-.d to opcratc ia AiQico; , ATo7p, Tlierefare, Be It RESOIved Tha; ~ dc N:6oa:l Motor CarricrAc.`sisory Comm,;cc nrgcs USDOT tn cocmnc ta ; cnsarc that safc.q is maiat:bcd as a prioriry go:l a all MFrA ocSoaatiorx, . ' .Be It Furd"• ~olved Da; the Commi-,a uScs tfic Adm;nis-=n+r to a:i:c to CRASH to point out aaccata- «s aod proNidc accarac informa7on; and ~ = Be ItFus-dxr Rmlvd Tha; ° 6c abovc resolution bc zdoptcd and fotwudcd to tbc FHM'A Admiasstraax fot considu='on and appropri;,tc action. = AdoQccd Scptc.mbcr 13,1995 bp the Tationa! Motnc Caaicr Adviiory Comml= of the , Fcdaal fiighaay Admiu3stration . . U.S. Dcpartmcat of Traasportatioa • • . . °r ~ • • ' . _ . . r.' Maacpe/April 1996 , . p. ' COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TT N_ E-S ~ "A BIMONTHLY NEWSLETfER HIGHLIGHTING COLORADO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES" 'i Julesburg's 1-76 Welcome Center Plans a May 3 Grand Opening It's Colorado's newest: the Interstate 76 Julesbaarg shown in display cases. There is even a short trail system. Welconae Center, ogened Februazy 8 and staffed by voluntcers who offer visitors a ready smile, a cup of coffee and Ron Aba, principal architect of Abo Copeland information about things to do and see in Colorado. Architecture, Inc. in Denver, explains that Julesburg and Sedgwick County residents and off cials were invited to A decade of planning, budgeting and construction will participate in several "squatters session" meetings to establish be celebrated Friday, May 3 when the Center celebrates a the basis for the design of the rest area and Welcome Ceater Grand Opening to recognize the facility's heritage, its native bmldmg• "Ile participants overwhelmingly decided that the American and westem settlement design, and many of the bui1ding and environs should reflect the rich pioneer heritage people who helped make the dream a reality. of the area," said Abo. "The design theme incorporates symbols of the first objects on the prairie: buffalo, tepees, Designed to look like an old fort, the Welcome Center circling of the wagons, and the frontier fort." has itself become an attraction. Picnic shelters are roofed like tegces. There are sheet metal silhouettes of life-sized bison The Julesburg Welcome Center will eventually offer . which lure visitors who pose in front of them for snaphots or, more than 350 brochures of attractions, cities and parks in as oae tourist was observed, somehow gerched atop the metal Colorado. Free coffee and maps are available. edge. The archway at the entrance to the Center symbolizes the entrance to a large westem ranch. A plaza features large Trained volunteers serve the public from 8 a.m eo 5 waaden pillars and old-time light goles. Historic artifacts are ...corrPareued ne.dpage k&Tr'~~ ° ` t ~ :tt.a..t~ ~ . ~ ~ t'{"°f+.+",:Jy~O'!~'~..'~'~•~. t~.°~.y5l•'~ . .~P a y~.. ~ w" n YT+ . ~ls~ . ~.a, r , , o ~ w . ~ . - ; • v~ ~ y r R, ,.~yr. ,~,,.s.2~s•sY°'i` y -4 .~7r~ ~ A ? "4~ : "in'~e+ds- . . . - ~ ~II• ca. T ~ ' ;'+p' , /Ce'-, i'+t"nr • ,,9~ ~~"rdD.•° : o ~,`s ..t. Y~~''. _ ~ ~Y $ v- AC I ~ ~ , .:tp ' . ~ ~.~.Y ~ 4' ~ yyy~~• ~ ] . y~~ N ...2' . . e • . . . i , . The Julesburg Welcome Center with its jort design, tepee-covered picnic areas, and metal silhouettes of buffalo has already become an attraction in itself. Photo courtesy oj Aeria! New Photos, Greeley. ~ p.m. during winter months, and W during summer will kcep the Center ' open until6 p.m. At present there are about 40 volunteers; eventually there will be 50 or more. Staffers here, as in other Colorado Welcome --~.;~~~rS"~'"'~,~ ~ ` =g, r•" . ~ ~ Centers, are trained as travel counselors and enjoy talldng with visitors. Many of the volunteers travel extensivelY themselves. iW ~Statewide, volunteers in the Welcome J ~ Center program contribute more than Z 100,000 hours each year and save the state of Colorado an estimated $780,000 in wages. r.~,_ . ` The rest area portion of the facility, maintained by the Colorado ~ . ~ Department of Transportation ~ (CDOT), is open 24 hours a day year-round offering restrooms, drinking fountains and pay phones. An archway symboJizing an entrance to a large western ranch greets visitors to the Center, whose caurtyard has large wooden . Building the Welcome Ceuter took the combined pillars and old time light poles. Photo courtesy of the Ogallala, efforts of the former Colorado Tourism Board, the state's Nebraskv Keith Coun News by permission. Department of Local Affairs and Department of Transportation, and Sedgwick County. The Tourism Board set up a plan in 1985 to establish eight Welcome Centers in C~T ~~g paclcage allowed for two projects, one to Colorado. When the Colorado Department of Transportation PrePare the site at Julesburg and a second to build the announced plans for a rest area on I-76 in northeastem Welcome Center. Colorado, Sedgwick County officials asked the tourism agency , to establish a Welcome Center as well. County commission:ers Bidding at the CDOT main adminicrrarion building on were able to secure an economic impact grant through the August 11, 1994 was suoc~ssful for Concrete Works of Department of Local Colorado, Inc., a Brighton firm, whose progosal was ~Affairs to help with $2,150,975. The allotment formula for this project had about 'construction costs, then 81 Percent federal funding and 19 percent from the Colorado used county funds to buy. ~P~~Y Users Tax Fund. ~ land next to the Interstate. Bids were opened March 30, 1995 for the Weloome Center building, curb and gutier, and sprinkler system with In 1992, Colorado B~~~ ~wfion Company, Inc. of Aurora the low ~ voters brought an end to bi d der with a praposal of $813,700. Sedgwick County paid for the tax which had funded about a third of the project cost, which was supplementsd with the Tourism Board. 59 Percent in federal funding and seven percent state funds. Operations budgets for ;F41,~J the Welcome Centers The Welcome Center's bright lights, concrete parking ,~;~,1 y were taken over by the lots and walkways may be new to the area, but transportahon is Department of L,ocal not The banks of the shallow, manY-islanded South Platte Affairs, however, and River have seen many travelers who helgecl develop Colorddo. shared with local The Spanish explorer Pedro de V'~llasur passed through the governments. By 1994 a area in 1720. A century later came trapgers in search of beaver sldns, and traders who set up well-fortified posts to Inside the Welcoine Center's tower is a sculpture called barter with the Indians for buffalo hides. The Fifly-Niners "The Ritual, " donated by Julesburg artist Terry Hinde. The art represents a mating ritual perjormed by eagles in the wild. ~'age 2 CO~~ ~A~~ R4 • . passed this way lured by stories of fantastic gold strikes. The center. Data typically includes the name of the registered Mormoq Bozeman and Oregon Trails all used the Julesburg vehicle owner, cellular telephone number, vehicle description, crossing of the South Platte for waves of settlers heading west, vetucle license plate number, and any per[inent medical and this was the site for Colorado's only Pony Express stadon. c;ondition information unique to the motorisi. If the need In more recent times the Union Pacific Railroad passed arises, the driver presses the button for the type of assistance through Julesburg. Today, Interstates 76 and 80 carry much of needed: Police, Medical, qssist, or Cancel. In resgonse, the the commerce of the high westem plains, in-vetucle Mayday unit immediately activates the satellite sensor and captures raw satellite data which is then transmitted . The Grand Opening M[ay 3 is scheduled for 3 to 7 wer the driver's cellular phone automarically to a workstation p.m. featuring a dedication, Cheyenne Indian lilessing, and at the Colorado State Patrol as an emergency service request refreshments. message. , "The Colorado State Patrol is a key player in all this ~p technology," says Neil Lacey, CDOT's Mayday Project Co~~ pado ~l9e aydayo manager. "CSP communications officers are the human Locating Qvia satelBeteD elmaldn tthe MotorBSts 0n Need of Assistan~e msponse real." Tne Patrol is a When visibility is goor, a driver is tired, or the car has a mecbanical failure, single~ar accidents happen. The ability k~' Public- to respond quickly to serious injury crashes is directly limited sector by the ability to notify emergency medical service (EMS) P~er, ' gersonnel that the crash bas occurred and to idenrify px+ecisely pr°`'ld~ng ' where the crash took place. Studies have shown that the ~em likelihood of fataliry and long term health conseqnences of d~~ ~Put - 4 injuries incmases as the response time of inedical service (from a user personnel increases. ~~Ve) , and serving Colorado is leading a multi-state consortium wtuch is asthe initiating an intelligent transportadon em emergency syst (ITS) technology called "ARAYDAY" - an Emergency Vetucle Location services ~ Y" System which, at the touch of a button, summons law dispatch enforcement officers and locates the gosidon of the vehicle center for this using satellite, cellular telephone, and computer technology. °~mti0~ N~ LOC~' ~mO~'~~ ue surs vasoP test project, baetdon box aesed in the Colorado 16giryday HovY lIt Work,s " PPOBPaxs. Phoao by Gregg Gargaaa, CD0T. Colorado Mtayday is a project of the ENTERPRISE The Colorado Department of Transportation first Group, a coalition of state departments of transportation in tested equipment in two vehicles, and is currendy testing it in Arizona (along with Maricopa County transgortation 50 more during a second phase of development in and around depart°lent), Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Denver. Next, CDOT will place equipment in about 2000 Washingt°n• '°'is° in the group aze the Federal Highway , vehicles. Each vehicle will be equipged with a Global Administration, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Posidoning Satellite (GPS) sensor, GPS anterma, a button bax (Transp°rt Canada)> and the Dutch Transportation Ministry. clipged to the driver's side sun visor to initiate the need for hbj°T funding for ttus project comes from the U.S. DOT. assistance, and a RUyday in_vehicle unit all connected to the motorist's cellular phone. According to Lacey, "I'he Mayday system is designed to transmit vehicle laation data and then automatically return When a car is fitted with equipment or a citizen to voice mode. A subscriber's vehicle location is electronically enrolls in the test ( or future commercial service) each user's delivered to the dispatcher, and displayed in `near real time' vehicle information is entered into a database at the rocessin on a digital map, ''he vehicle location is already in &ont of the P g CSP communications officer so that he or she can focus on the 1Page 3 cotrtinraed nex8 pege- . . services needed and not delay with asking the driver to they may activate should they experience the need for describe where he thinks he is. It takes the possibility of emergency assistance. The Colorado State Patrol will be human error out of the loop." monitoring the Mayday emergency service call and will dispatch patrol vehicles to motorist's locations. Key players in the project are fhe Colorado State Patrol, ATT Wireless Services, Commnet Cellular, US West Following Phase III ihe system should be ready for Cellular, and Navsys Corporation. The program is one of the commercial implementation by the companies who will market first of its kind Once the project is completed, it is hoped that the service to the public. When the Colorado experience companies can develop a commercial system available to proves itself~ Mayday may be available to other parts of the motorists interested in buying the "rolling insurance" the country; the system will have proven itself in applications of system will pravide. varied terrain, urban and rural areas, in all four seasons of the year. Traffic safety professionals at all levels hail the "Mayday is an emergency response prototype," explains technology for its potential ability to reduce injury severity and Lacey, who was given an award for excellence in January by deaths. Mayday systems will give people braveling in areas the Colorado chapter of the Technology Transfer Society. that are far from the nearest service provider the ability to "Our goal is to turn this prototype into a model for the nation." obtain assistance if s[randed due to broken dowm vehicles, flat tires, or out of gas situations. In addidon, medical services may be needed due to single or multi-vehicle accidents. It is C~E~pOj urn0s* : Hgjre ~~Y- .g~r ' widely accepted that a major factor contributing to crash ` . outcomes is the time interval for notification and response. Colorado Mayday will help reduce the notification time. bY Main Nelson, Public Information Office Testing the Systems Student journalists joined professionals from the Denver Post and KCNC-TV for the 12th annual High School CDOT has been testing the Colorado Mayday system Journalism Day on December 9, 1995. Nearly 280 students since the end of 1994. The first demonstration/validation and advisors, representing 41 schools across Colorado, system was buiit in Colorado Springs at facilities of NAVSYS attended the workshop and competition. The Colorado , Corporation. Department of Transportation (CDO'1) continued its sponsorship of the event along with the Colorado Department Phase I testing was conducted in a variety of terrain of Health, Kaiser Permanente and the Public Relations Society conditions including mountainous areas, canyons, open spaces, of America. forested areas, and urban areas with high-rise buildings. The During the morning students attended journalism early testing showed that system limitations are based on the availability of a strong cellular signal, and also highlighted the workshops, including What is News, Interviewing Techniques, need for more accurate maps used by dispatchers. Political Repor[ing, Journalism Ethics, Developing a Great Story on Film and Editorial Column Writing. The aftemoon Phase II testing, which began in March using 50 featured a theater presentation by Manual High School system-equipped velucles, will last two months. Test (Denver) focusing on decision making, ethics and everyday participants are state employees, employees of cellular service situations fitced by teens. After the presentation small groups providers, -and other interested parties selected for their daily led by journalism advisors discussed techniques to write news, travel habits within the project test area. Another goal of feature and editorial stories based on the theater show. . Phase II continues to address public-private institutional issues. For example, what are the best ways to route data to Comments from students captured the value of the various law enforcement jurisdictions? Are geographic areas ~y ~~A great presentation from those who know," remarked clarified among these law enforcement agencies? What about one student about the What is News workshop. Interviewing towing and ambulance companies7 Wl~at are the legal. Techniques drew comments such as "Experienced. liabilities associated with routing and response7 Knowledgeable. Good tips." "Very moving. Taught me that there is a very big line between not going far enough and going Phase III will implement a full scale operational test too far," said a student about the Journalism Ethics workshop. aimed at commercialization of the system. For one year, some 2000 test vehicle participants will be able to use equipment The theater presentation and small group discuss7ons Page 4 y prepared students to enter the Journalism Challenge s6~~er8can Graffiti99 comgetition. Nearly 80 students entered their work for judging by High School Journalism Day sponsors: On ivIarch 8, winners were recognized at an awards ceremony at ICCNC-1'V. by Amber Pierotti, LaVeta High Schoo! First Place Award by KCNGT[ ; Channe! 4, Derrver Two first place awazds went to Amber Pierotti, La j Veta High School and Charles Roderick, Pomona High Schaal Yes, we've all seen the scenar;o _«boss cars, toting the (Arvada). Ethan Samson of Kent Denver School was the PeTkY teen88e gids and their rou and tou gh gh boyfriends, clad in ` second place prize winner. Their entries are reprinted here irr leather 1~ket 8ttire, to e n?mble. The smcll of beer in the air, and a Milestones. Samson wrote abaut the challenge each Of us fsces ~Bht bubbling in the throes of fru4tratai adolescence. W'~ld tcenegers to keep a promise not to drink and drive. "Decisions are easy I c""s'I''' 'd~~g,' '~Of11'g 8~~.' or fnding a thousaad to make when you are sober. Promises are hard to keep when Ways t° live up to the chrome-plated American scereoty~s that you are not." have been molded for them for decades." T'he movie American C}raffiti depictcd the lives of so-called ACofld ]~~ffi~s~ ~~~~all~ I~~g ~ee~ tyai~ c~o~ t~~. Tne ~-i9so°s ~c~ or me American adolescent presented in that film still lives on. Ocily, the by Ethan Samson, Kent Derrver School same attitudes and behav;ors presented in that fiim are alivo in an age Second Place Award where violence, sex, drinkiag and counUcss other issues are a lot more serious than •`making out in your T-bird" or "going to a rumble." My clothes absorbed the almost frozen water, TOday, COnse9uences are greater ac,d m;stakes become a difference replacing warmth and air with ice and a dark blue death. I did between life and death. Unprotected sex harbocs the consequence of not attempt to breath. I did not attempt to swim. I sank in to AIDS, ganSg am dan8erous alements, and drinking and driving have the cold darlness, numb and lifeless. Thinking of nothing as I become 8leadin8 causc of preventable death. Every adolescent faces plunged, each foot of depth sucked precious air, life, out of my these facts every day. body. I was not cold. I was not frozen. I am dead. I cannot In a recent article from The Christian Science Monitor, a remember my death, only wh3t it feels like to live. study found that youngsters, preschool to teenage, log 20 to 28 hours Early Apri] in a qiuet mountain town. I was at a lakeside of television a week. Ovcr timq ulevision, along with movies and home, enjoying the peacefulness of nature and witnessing the beginning of spring with a few friends. The ice was out on the P°Pular music, has become the medium through which teenagers live lake. We flew around on a motor boat, reckless and helpless, and bresU,. but at the same time free and contenL Seventeen years old, we ~e question is - when will American ente~si~ment face were safe, and we were glad to be alive. these facts and qu;t placing stereotypes on teens by continually In the early evening, we lit a fire by the lake and talked spraying the "graffiti" of a listless, careless, or cven cruel image of about life and girls and pretended to be sophisticated by adolescence across the scnoens they watch? . , spealcing of the pcetry we were once forced to readby our The messages sent by ~ical teenage stereotypes are mean English teachers. Life, was a bcer commercial. As darkness descended over the lake that night in early April, we ~y live wild and fun lives, h;gh schoo~ is a found contentment, a bottle of vodka, some limes, and death. meanmgless tLme> teen88ers are lazy> teenagcrs dtink, and tcenagers There is more to the drinking part, here is what I have scx and date many people. Depictions such as the highly remember of it: A boat, A loud crash and a lot of cold water, disrespectful d;aiogue between a mother and her children in the TV I would never drink and drive. I would never drink and series Roseanne leaves most preteens foaming at the mouth to rebtl drive. It still echoes Clearly through my head. I told my and gives the impression that is acceptable to be disrespectful parents a thousand times - I would not, I will not, I am not towards adults. that kind of evil person. I would never make that decision. I IIever msde a dOCiSiOII. Seemin$1Y uuiocent shows such as Saved bv tho BoU present some wholesome issues but contain characteri78tions thaf I drank, I drove, I lived. I am sCared, fulfill ideas of negative pcer pressur,e and hatred of studenb who may People who drink and drive are evit. They makg not fit the normal American standard For exampie, a ma(e character decisions that affect us a11 and they make decisions that could N+hose interests are in academiay and non-athletic activities is kill us all. What aze they thinking7 depicted as being immature, unable to fit in socially, and es a result, They are n0t thinldng, other teens avoid his presence altogether. At the same time, the No one wants to put themselves and others at risk by drinking and driving. I did not. I never wanted to malce the °~c~ ~'ho depicts the high school attilete is popu~, ~~y f decision I made that ni~ht. friends, and always appears haPPY• So almost a year Iater, what have I learned, and what can In shows such as this, all of the dialogue centers on dating, I you learn from my mistake7 Anyone can drink and drive. It gossiPing> or going out to parties. Never do the chatactets discuss can happen to all of us. Should you never drink? Should you schoal work. Items such as college educations and future goeis never just not drink and drive? Should you not listen to me because I enter the conversations. am a bad person for drinking and driving? Decisions are easy The to make when you are sober. Pfimary argument, of course, is that tt,ese p,vgrams are made for one purpose - to entertain. They do entertain, for the most Promises are hard to keep when you are not. part, and reaflY do not contain mater;al w},;ch is nomnally censored. Page 5 corrldnaeed on pege 7. ~ Ak VVi ~S H I N GTO I~l U P DATE H111 by Jim Young Lirrton, Mields, Reisler & Cottone, Ltd. With the budget gridlock still unresolved, the Clinton administration has umeiled its budget for U.S. Department of Transportation and other federal agencies for Fiscal Year 1996/97, the federal fiscal year that begins October 1. In brief, _ transportation programs would do slightly better under the Clinton budget proposal than under the somewhat smaller spending limits of the seven-year balanced budget plan adopted by the G.O.P. last year. However, it is the G.O.P. plan thai is still the operative document for the coming round of budget and appropriations. The Clinton proposal has a total of $39.1 billion for all transportation programs, compared with the Republican plan's $37.6 billion. Understanding tLat the Clinton budget has already been declared Dead On Arrival by Congresszonal Republicans, it still serves as the plan against which G.O.P. efforts will be compared In general the Clinton budget request would leave the highway program level with this year's funding, transit capital progruns significantly increased, and aviation pmgrams mixed, with increases to various U.S. DOT hi-tech, safety and research programs. The Clinton highway obligation ceiling would be $17.714 billion, technically up from this year's $17.550 billion but not when you factor in the shift of $241 million in five percent bonus obligations provided in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 which previously has been exempt from the ceiling. The administration would also provide an extra $250 million for state infrastructure banks, to expand the program beyond the ten-state pilot program authorized in last year's National Highway System Designation Act. For transit, the a*nin;crTahon budget would boost this year's funding by some $250 million to $4.296 billion Section 3 discretionary grants would be increased by $135 million to $1.8 billion, with new start money earmarked for full funding contracts either signed or proposed for signature in an announcement in early March. That included Denver's Southwest Corridor project, which would get eight million dollars in startup funding. Expect Congress to substitute its own earmarks for the new start program. The administaation supports restoring $100 million to the current $400 million in operating assistance for transit agencies, but the chairman of the House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee has already said he intends to cut the program further rather than add back any of the $310 million cut from last year's funding. The Federal Aviation Administration budget proposal shows solid increases for the facilities and equipment (F & E) and the operations budgets (categories that fund the national air traffic control system) but airport construction dollars would be cut by $100 million, to $1.35 billion. Budget and appropriations hearings will stretch out through the end of April, with initial House markup to follow. The next milestone for transportation funding will be drafting of the budget resolution which sets spending caps for ' transportation and other programs in the year to come. That is scheduled to happen in mid-April, but the schedule could easily slip. After the House has dealt with the budget resolution House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Bud Shuster (R - Pennsylvania) has promised to call up his bill to take all transportation trust fund programs off-budget This will be a showdown between the public works committee and the coalition of budget and appropriations committse leaders who oppose the off budget idea. However, even a win in the House still leaves odds heavily against an off-budget plan, because it is strongly opposed by key senators of both parties. Page 6 / . . . "Amerlcare Graffagl" condaraaaedfrom page S. . . Romer says, `Tll veto it° They attcmpt to be wholesome and educationel. So, where is the Ts ihat a promiseT I certainly hope so. harm7 It is in the studcnb who view thcse programs ever5' daY> during times when theY are esPeciafly imprasionablc. Lawmakcrs applaudcd Govemor Roy Romer's announcement Most censorship efl'orts focus on progiams containing during his State of the State spexh eariier this year 14 "not support graphic sex, violence, drug use, end other depictions of American lif'e ending compulsory cducation." The bill, introducod in lft Qctober which can be harmful, especiaUy to impressionable youngviewers, of 1995, would melcc Colorado the first statc in the nation to afloW, This censorship, slthough based on good intention, is primarily students to dodge school. direeted toward movies and television not typically viewed by young In early November; 1995, a legistative cornmittce tackling Anericans. Movies with ratings of "X" snd "R" atie•restricted 5nm ehanges in the Colorado Children's Code votod in favor of non- children. Television programs that contain adult themes ere typically mandatory school attendance. The proposal will be ptesentod to the shown at later hours, long after prime time is over and the kids ere in ~legislatun during its 1996 session. bad. Studies have shown that exposure to t}u,y type of television can CUmntly, in the state of Colorado, children aro reyuired to be hamiful and the American govemmcnt has responded. The attend school from the age of 7 until they tum 16, as I think it s6ould Medic,al Director of the American Psychiatric Association expressed be. , thc es,sociation's support of Congre.vsioas] efforts to reduce the leve! Inhoduced by Rep. Russel (3eoige, R-Rifle, the proposed of adult themes on television by stating: "The evidence is chenge in the curTent statute would dispense with and mmrite the overwhelming that certain television Programtning can have a COmPulson' attendance law. Goorge stronglY argues that °so often, negative and severe behavioral impact on young peoPle and aduNs..." the bad kids get a highet degnx of education end dollars." The growing concem of American society conceming this Goorge, makes a valid point troublesome kids are definitely "adulY" television is commcndable and should continue to be a given more atiention, which deprives other students ag the~ ~her>s 8rowing trend. However, the missing issue here is the television that time. But, by allowing'"ineonvenienY' studenb to avoid x6oo1, are is continua(Iy viewed by children and txnagers and the adverse we solving the .problem, ignoring it, or ceffxts its messages ean create. more serious one? As ~~g expressod by author Tom Robbins, "When we The television industry is not the o md nly ' ustry at fault, neglect the children, we neglxt the futune." Movies formed around teenage 1if'e such as Clueless, a story of a RePresentative George, we are facing a future that decnxnds Bevedy Fiills girl who attempts to "make over" one of the less more and morz skillcd labor. Ours is fest bxoming a totally PaPular Biris at her high school, blatanUy throws the stereotype of technologically-based society. Even the most basic jobs are going to ungopular students on the screen and presents bullying and negative re9uire some form of technical literacy. The days of earning a good peer pressure as the fun thing to do. living without much education aze quickly coming to an end The bottom line is that these typcs of presentations ean EverY generation carries with it a new burden, a backpack full present the undedyin8 messa8e that as "healthy American tcenagersof challenges unique to that age girouP. 2viy generation has its fair we have the right to disrespxt, to hate, to fu~ and share: a lack of motivation, a lack of res~~ Po ty> an over- most importantly, to pressure others. abundance of "troublesome kids" But, permitting students to sidp The Free Press recenUy asked high school students to write school would just amplify those problems. to them about whaYs wrong in their schoal. More than 2,000 replied, AS a high school student knocidng at the door of the Twenty- many saying that pcer prescure is so gteat that it leads to many other fust Century, I am beginnin6 tA nealize that we studeats aet having problems. Pcer pressure to conf'orm leads tcenagers to drug,y, slcohol, enough trouble attaining the education noeded for our impatient, smoking, sex, and robellious behavior. How many times are thesc computerized world. themes depictod using the stereotyped teen making iiresponsible What next7 choices or exerting pressure on othertcens to do the same7 Vewing At en eady November Co(omdo Children's Code committee these progmms encourages irnsponsible behavior and condones meeting at the Statc Capitol, Rep. Jeannie Rxser, D-T'homton, put it exerting pressure on others. And with every spraying of this best when she told her colleagues: "perhaps. aur tramonal public American Graffiti," the image of the delinquent, careless teen school is not the answer for many children; but I think before we becomes more accepted and frequently mimicked. thr+ow compulsory school attendance out the window, we nced to The long rangc.solu6on has two parts. F'ust, it require,y commit ourselves to support an sltern8bve form of edueation for our Perental intervention that teaches teeng to quesfion what thry watch, youngsters." • Second, tceny, parents, and the modia nced to develop a greater Exactly. understanding of the implications of the "American Graffib" tw We noed an altemative. Not every student sits neaU}, an the permanenUy colors our image of the American adolescent pnly then Feg molded for them by society.'T}1e timey they are a ehangin8" ; will tt»s, as yet, °nrtco8niud causc of so many problems be brought how convenient it would be to betieve that "troublesome" young int° f°°us. geople could sfill function in the wodd as we know it today without a 9 j~ high school education. I am not abandoning all hopa that peo le can s nu6kids U urs~} l~ find suecess without a high school diploma; I am merely eveluating reality from my generation's tattertd shces. by Charles Roderick, Pomorra High School(,4rvada ~~e's pfO~ m°~ ~ 9°~oned; Are c}~Idren First Place Award by the DereveP Posp ) ~~ibk l b u~ ~~e d~~ons? In a world y speed of communication, would it be wise to ellow Page 7 coraParseted on back coyep. ~ , . . , children the choice to skip school? Are their parents going to be accountable for thcir kid's choices7 Md who is going to pick up aRer those kids with poor judgment and their apathetic parents? The schools7 Should schools bc responsible for the attendance of their students or will the law allow them to grow indifTaront7 ' Too many "what ifs." It's wondcrful that the law is being discussed, considered, and challenged. Every law should be put to the test and scrutinizod, bccause not every iaw is pcrfect. Altemative forms of schooling and education sound like a step forward. But, ending compulsory school atiendance is not the answer. "A child miseducated is a child lost." - John F. Kennedy Colorado Passenger Rail Study is Launched The first meeting of the Colorado Passenger Rail Study Steering Committee was held in Denver on February 12 at the Colorado Department of Transportation headquarters, launching a study which will examine about 15 cortidors in Colorado and Wyoming for the feasibility of reintroducing passenger rail service. The committee is made up of representatives from local and , regional govemments, federal and state agenaes, railroads, and environmental groups as well as individual ati¢ens. The firm of Kimley Hom & Associates, Denver, expects to complete the $267,500 study in about nine months. The study will consider issues such as capihal and operating costs, ridership levels, cost effectiveness, implementation problems, air quality, and environmental benefits or concerns. High, medium or low prioritizations will be assigned to various corridors. Future meetings are tentatiivey scheduled for April 19, June 21, August 16 and October 18. Interested at¢ens may phone toll free 1-800464-7247; computer modem users on the Intemet may addres.s HTTP://MEMBERSAOLCOM/KHDENVER/ CDOTRAIL.HTM. CDOTs project manager for the study is Dave Ruble, Jr., Intermodal Branch Manager in Room 212 at CDOTs . headquarters, 4201 East Arkansas Ave., Denver CO 80722. Phone (303).757-9819. ; . . . 0 pulil~shed s~ tt~cies: a~:yea~r l~y tb.~ Pc ~£c~~ati~an Catoraeio t vf TramFarta~ian ~1IZL ~0 RRE~'+~TIN(3, ,e~ior ; : . . The contents of this newsletter aze not copyrighted and may be used freely. Where appropriate, please credit CDOT. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : MILESTONES BULK RATE 4201 EAST ARKANSAS AVENUE DENVER, COLORADO 80222 U.S. POSfACE (303) 757-9228 PAID PERMR NO. 738 Derrner, CO IN TH1S ISSUE: • Julesburg I-76 Welcome Center • Colorado Mayday O ~ Mayor af Va i 1 Y C • High School 75 S. Frontage Rd. West Vail, CO 51657 ~ Joumalists • Washing4on Update , • Passenger Rail Study . :KGEIVED APR 1 6 199$ ~ _ ; RosELv~E c. s~?ic RECE~VE~APR 1_6 1996 Apri15,1996 ~ ILI The Honorable Bob Armour . 1VTayor of the Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road . Vai?, CO 81657 Dear 1Vlayor Armour, Roselyne Swig, a Board 1Vlember of the Potato Patch Club Condominium Association, asked me to send the enclosed to you as she is presently en route back to Washington D. C. She thought you might find this article on Bridge Housing Corp. of interest, particularly in regard to the late Mr. I Donald Terner's successful vision for financing and building attractive, low-cost housing. 3710 Washington Sincerely, Son Francisco 1Vgarcelle W. Costello Assistant to Roselyne C. Swig Enclosure California 94118 ~ 415 751-2122 Fax 415 387-8525 Visionar . ~ helped poor ` ~ c~ecent get ? TERNER from A-1 . housing Terner's efforts changed ° many lave By Louia 'II'rager . " atia Wednesday. Terner's wife. ti and Tom Abate Prominent writer Deirdne g~~ oF n+e exa~ sra~ said he had been on the fligbt bt In moat parts of urban America, 8he had not reeeived -word ef hi low-income hous' u~g meana govem- ment-subaidized ghettoe infeated, ~'~y Thu~Y~ Croatian og with vermin, graffiti and drug cials said the bodiea of all 33.peopl, aboard the plane had been found But in pockets of the Bay Area, ~ough not yet identified, low-income houaing meana a pleas- Terner, 66, bridged the denur ant place for poor and working world of houaing advocacy and thE people to live in an otherwise exor- of banking. He bitantly expensive- real eatate mar- ~~e~' ~nancing fot ket. And that's thanks in large part a deal as well as eketch out the to I. Donald Terner. deaign for an attractive develop. Terner - who founded San ment. Franciaco-based Bridge Houaing Colleaguea credit him y~,~ Corp. and ea chief executive tumed ~gorating the world of low-cost it into the most succeasftil nonprof- bO~g bY ~~~t~g entirely t~ew it program of its ldnd in the coun- echemea for financing, try - was a member of Commerce Without Terner; the Bay qrea' Secretary Ron Brown's economic- - ai~ of eome of the nation's most development misaion to the former eYpensive homes - probably Yugoslavia. would not have had an intelligent, Brown's plane crashed in Cro- Persistent end effective force for the creation of homes priced below [See TERNER, A-I5 J , market levels. Thoae assets have tranalated in- ` to 6,000 Bay Area units, valued at , more ' than $600 million, over Bridge's 12-year ]~tozy, , For a time, Bridge's successes and the California constiuction de- presaion of the early 199ps coM_' bined, remarkably, to make the nonprofit one of the atate's top developere. One of Bridge's big recent drivea - has been a$340 million partneP_ ahip with Oakland-based World Sgvings and Loan. The fund, one of the nation'a largest constniction lending poo]s for affordable hous- ing, was launched in 1994 and ia PlFUined to generate 4,000 unit8, Kenneth Rosen, chairman of the Fiaher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at UC- Berkeley, knew Terner for more than 20 yeare, He recalled Terner's speaking at • . . S A N F R A N L I S C O E X A M i N i. R Thursday, April 4, 1996 A45 I I ~ e I I an annual business conference environmental design at UC- come into," said Jeffrey Heller, of becauae Don took on a tough deal." one else." sponsored by UC-Berkeley and Berkele,y, said the financing mech- I-Ieller-Manua Architects in San Terner was also the moving NTarin County planner Deniae held at Pebble Beach. anism Terner invented for the Francisco. 4'orce behind a. 15-year effort to Pankston said the development aat Hard-bitten executives in the TJHAP program had revolution- The best evidence of that was a create 340 units of housing in im- on a site unoccupied since World audiences "would completely ized low-income housing develop- report issued in 1993 by the UC- poverished and predominantly VVar II, home to toxic residues and choke up after these presenta- ment. Berkeley Institute of Urban and black 11Rarin City. That project, unstable soil. Development re- tions," Rosen said, "because he was Terner persuaded the atate of Ii,eegional Development. first planned in 1982, should be quired coordination with Caltrana really putting out from his hear4. New york to issue 4ax-ezempt It said the sale rices of 3,000 full occu ied b next ear, a trib- that the business communit,y can bonds so neighborhood activists homes sold within a uarter-mile ute to Terner's ersistence.~ ~d a slew of other state and feder- change people's livea thhat 4he aast q p al agencies. ~ could buy abandoned buildings and radius of six housing projects built Terner had the buainesa sa majority of poor peo le would , ~'~'Y "Here was this prime location P rehabilitate them with their own by Bridge hadn t been influenced to persuade lenders of the financial close to San Francisco that hasn't change their lives if they had a ]ebor, chance." „ by that progimity. soundness of public housing plans, been touched in 40 years, until Don Up until the 1950s and 1960s, Buck Bagot, an activiat with the as well as the patience to answer took the project on," Pinicston eaid. Terner earned three degrees everybody thought you did housing Bernal Heights Neighborhood the objectione of angry neighbors, Over a career spanning almoat a from 1-Iarvard Llniveraity, in archi- in big government projects," Bend- Group, said Terner would tske on said A1 Fleming, executive director quarter of a century, Terner's cru- tecture, city planning and urban er said. "Don ahowed there was a projects that othera thought were of the Marin City Community De- sade for shelter had often tsken and regional economics, between better way, that you could do small impoasible. velo ment Co 1961 and 1972. ro ects that used ' „p him ~'ou'?d 4he globe before this P j people a own la- For example, Terner helped We have a joke with Don that week's trip. He taught at Harvard and MIT, bor to lift themselves up." ne1ghbors in the Bernal diatrict he started rollin u hia sleeves at " served as an associate dean at UC- A centrel tenet of "1'erner's work g p ~e built refugee houaing in Berkeley, worked as a construction }?as been to prove that affordable build 50 units of senior houaing ~9.he start of ariy meeting," he said. i7ietnam and traveled to South Af- atop the Standard Brands Paint And the hotter the meeting got, rica to fallc $bout housing there," firm executive and founded a housing didn't heve to be cheap, gtoTe at the corner of Virginia and the farther up he rolled hia sleeves. Baid Bradle Inman e friend and groundbreaking nonprofit houaing and wouldn't diminish property Aqiasion atreets. "He's a fighter, not in an con- Y ' cotporation, New Xork's QJrban ealues, as opponents argued. y ~1 eatete columniat from Oak- Nobody elae would have tentious way, but he believed an ~Iomesteading Assistmnce lPro- "Don proved that you can build 4.ouched a c » ' ~nd• ~e B~~'8Ye done right. razy project like that, affordable housing. He believed Michae[ Dougan of The Exam- grem entry-level projects and enhance Bagot said. "There am 50 seniors that poor folks have a chence to i,er acajJ contri6uted to this ne- ]ftichard Bender, retia+ed dean of many of the neighborhoods they who have affordable homea now betf,er 4hemselveB just like every- pon. From: Kris Pardee To: Suzanne Silverthom Date: 4H4196 Time: 09:07:26 Page 1 of 2 . X C C~-~- Au. CHANABEP, 1996 Chamber of Comrnerce Excellence Awards Nominafions These nominations are intended to represent the "Best OP' Vail Valley Businesses. A selection committee will choose the winners from your suggestions. You can nominate your own business, or some of your associates. Winners will be honored at the Annual Dinner, held on Friday, May 31 st. Fill out one, some, or all business categori s with your selections. Add your comments, written on additional pages, to assist us with our sele tion process. Thank you for your responses! Best Marketing: ! Best Quality of Management: Best Quality of Training: I ~ Best SalesPerson or SalesPeoPle: i Best Customer Service: Best Environmentally Aware Business: Best Provider of Employee Housing: I Best Provider of Transportation: , Best Supporter of CommunityEvents/CommunityInvolv ment: Best Childcare Provider: ~ Best Safety Training: ! Best End-of-Season Party: ~ (BUnore) Best New Service: From: Kris Pardee To: Suzanne Silverthom Date: 4/14196 Time: 09:08:08 Page 2 of 2 Other: ~ I Your name: Business Affiliation: Phone: ; ]Pllease f2x t?nas baclk Qm nas aQ 949-4385, panall nt Qo P.O. Box 1437, Avoan, CO 81620, e-maaal aQ chaeaber@vail.neQ, oir deUveir nt ngn person to oanr offises at the soutla enc$ off City Market in Avon. Nonunanataons euniast be reeeaved no later ghaga May 15, Il996. . ~ t ~ i I I I ~ 1 • I ~ . APR 11 '96 01:46PM P.1i4 , ti AmericanAirliones Trave, ou'r1sm Contact: AI Becker TM Worid's t.ergeat pndu Fort VVorth, Texas (CDT) (817) 967-1577 ~ FOR RE~EASE BMMEDIATELYe AMEFtICAR9 A9RL.9NES ANIVOl1NCES ECPANDED SERVICE INTO VABRJEACaLE COIJNTY FOR 1996-97 SICI SEASON VAIL, Colo. Arnedcan Airlines will expand i4s service by 60 percent in4o VaillEagle County AiPport during the 1996-97 ski season. 1'he expansion I includes increased numbers ofi flights to and from existing gateways, as well as ~ new daily serdice from Newark,lr~temationa! Airport. Amedcan's existing ski gateways include its hubs in Da116s/Fort Worth, Chicago and Miami, as well as New Vark°s I..aGuaPdia Airpor4. An explanation of each city's service can be found below. - "American Airlines is pleased to substantially increase our serrice to ~ become the pre-eminent carrier into 1/aiVEagle County," said fUlichaellN. 6aunn, Amedcan's senior vice president;of marketing. "As fihe major access point 4o the central Poockies and nine resorts, aur Vail flights have proven to be extremely popular wi$h our cus1tomers. Expanding that service makes good sense for everyone concerned." All ofi American's routes into Vail/Eagle County are flovvn with 188-seat Baeing 757 adrePaft. Aenerican is in the proCess of negotiating for additional facilities art !laillEagle Counfy Airport to handle its increased schedu(e. Hene are fhe 1996-97 schedules'into VaiVEagle County from American's ski gateways: ~ - rriore - I ca2a-n amNrEO ik U.B.A. APR 11 '96 01:46PM P.2i4 Ameracat 9ncreases Vaa? Servfice Page 2 . , - . DAl.flAS/FOR4_WO13-TH-Bi@3-13Senrice runs from Nov. 27 through April 12, 1997. The peak number of flights (three round-trips weekdays and Sunday; five round-trips on Sa4urday) is firom Jan. 39, 1997 to 11Aar. 29, 1997. CFIICAG,Q HUBo Service nans from Nov. 27 through April 5, 1997. The peak number of flights (two round-trips weekdays and Sunday; three round-trips on SatuPday) is from Jan. 31, 1997 to Mar. 29, 1997. WA11A9_H11lR;_ Sen?ice runs from Dec. 21 through Nlar. 29, 1997. Service is three rouetd-trips a wreek (Sa4urday, Sunday, lfUednesday) throughoud the season. NEWARK; Service is new this year and runs from Dec.15 through April 5, 1997. Service is one round-tdp each day throughout the season. NON__ ORK-LaGUAF3DIA: Service runs from Dec. 21 thrpugh Mar. 29, I 1997. Service is one round-tdp a week (Saturday only_) throughout the season. - endits - Media represertatives oan also aocess current and historical Annerican Air[ines and The SABRE Group press releases via the Intemet. Our address is h4tpJlwwrwr.amrcorp.com/amr/corpoomm.htm 1 ~